# 339: Integrity of the Curling Club

- Show: [Embedded.fm](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm)
- Published: 2020-07-30
- Length: 1h 03m
- Episode: 339
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club
- Listen: https://makingembeddedsystems.libsyn.com/339-integrity-of-the-curling-club

## Summary

Dan Zimmerman, a computer scientist at Galois and Free & Fair, discusses the technical and political challenges of securing US elections. He explains End-to-End Verifiable (E2E-V) systems, the cryptographic basis of Microsoft's ElectionGuard, and the severe security flaws found in legacy voting machines like the Diebold AccuVote TS. Zimmerman argues that while internet voting is viable for low-stakes private elections (like his curling club), public elections require rigorous identity verification and auditability that current infrastructure lacks.

## Chapters

- [0:07](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=7) Introduction and Lightning Round
- [5:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=308) End-to-End Verifiable Voting Concepts
- [14:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=844) Trust Models and Cryptographic Verification
- [20:02](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=1202) Identity Verification and Internet Voting Risks
- [31:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=1873) Security Failures of Legacy Voting Machines
- [36:57](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=2217) Microsoft ElectionGuard and Accessibility
- [50:08](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2020-07-30-339-integrity-of-the-curling-club#t=3008) US Election Infrastructure and Jurisdictional Complexity

## Topics

- [Security & privacy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/security-and-privacy)
- [Connected products & IoT](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/connected-products-and-iot)
- [Debugging & failure analysis](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/debugging-and-failure-analysis)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Galois (company)
- Free & Fair (company)
- US Vote Foundation (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- ElectionGuard (product)
- Diebold AccuVote TS (product)
- Helios Voting (product)
- QNX (other)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [Signature Verification in the Vote-By-Mail Era](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ee-times-current/2020-11-13-signature-verification-in-the-vote-by-mail-era) (EE Times Current)

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